Spring Menu Ingredients:

 

Asparagus Subzi

1 pound asparagus chopped to 1 inch lengths

1 TB neutral oil-vegetable 

1 t cumin seed

1 green chili

1 t grated garlic

1 t grated ginger

1 cup diced red onion

1 cup tomato finely chopped

1 t coriander powder

1 t kashmiri chili powder

 ½ t fennel seed powder

½ t Amchur (mango) powder

 

Strawberry Raita

1 ½ cups yogurt

¾ cup chopped strawberries

1 yellow onion finely chopped

1 green chili (jalapeno) finely chopped

2 T sugar

2 t cumin powder

1 t black pepper

Salt to taste

Handful chopped fresh cilantro

 

Puri fry bread  

1 cup whole wheat flour

 ¾ t semolina flour

1 t olive oil

¼ cup water

 pinch salt

 

Dal Makhani

1 cup urad (black lentils) dal

½ cup kidney beans

5 cups water

½ cup chopped red onion

1 green chili (jalapeno) 

2 t garlic paste

2 t ginger paste

2 large tomatoes finely chopped

½ t cumin seed

3 green cardamom pods

1 black cardamom pod

1 inch cinnamon stick 

1 bay leaf

½ t kashmiri chili powder

2 pinches nutmeg

⅓ cup cream

3 T butter

Salt to taste